#BFBC9C#BFBC9C

#BFBC9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.044 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC9C
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(55, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -4.32, 16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 17.16, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0098 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.044 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4695, 49.4437, 38.5943)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC9C #9C9FBF

analogous

#BFAA9C #BFBC9C #B0BF9C

triadic

#BFBC9C #9CBFBC #BC9CBF

tetradic

#BFBC9C #9CBFAA #9C9FBF #BF9CB0

square

#BFBC9C #9CBFAA #9C9FBF #BF9CB0

split-complementary

#BFBC9C #9CB0BF #AA9CBF

monochromatic

#888458 #A7A377 #BFBC9C #D7D5C1 #EFEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BFBC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC9C

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC9C	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.044 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b9',
    500: '#bfbc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc9c;
$custom-light: #d2d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78921,
    "c": 0.04374,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC9C

secondary

#D6D7E1

accent

#4DA046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC9C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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